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Parrobots

We research how birds and robots can learn to
solve complex kinematic problems. To this end, we are building
kinematic puzzles, called lockboxes and observe how goffin cockatoos
can learn to solve these. Together with colleagues from Oxford and
Vienna (where the bird experiments happen), we analyze the problem
solving and learning behavior of these birds and try to extract
information that may prove to be useful for a robotic approach to
similar problems.

The curious, but also food-directed behavior of cockatoos is
recorded in experimental sessions with different lockboxes. We then
code and analyze the videos to form hypotheses about mechanisms
underlying the birds' behavior. These hypotheses are ultimately
implemented in simulation or real robot experiments to test their
predictive value for new, unseen kinematic puzzles that we provide to
both, birds and artificial agents.

This reserach project is funded by the OX/BER Research Partnership
Seed Funding Fund under reference number OXBER_STEM3.